Biology:Onitis crassus
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Onitis crassus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. crassus
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| Binomial name | |
| Onitis crassus Sharp, 1875 [1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Onitis vischnu Preudhomme de Borre, 1881 | |
Onitis crassus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae described by David Sharp based on a specimen collected in India.[1]
Description
Black, not very shining. Length is 15.5–21 mm, and breadth is 9–10.5 mm.[2]
Distribution
India (Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand,[2] Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, Pakistan[3]
Habitat
Found in cattle dung.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Descriptions of some new genera and species of Scarabaeidae from tropical Asia and Malasia.". Coleopterologische Hefte (München, Carl Merhoff's Verlag) 3 (XIV). 1875. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25118848#page/555/mode/1up.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae).. Taylor & Francis, London.. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62482/page/n9/mode/2up.
- ↑ Karimbumkara, Seena N.; Priyadarsanan, Dharma R. (2024). "Study on the genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, with three new species from India." (in en). European Journal of Taxonomy (4): 1–61. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657. Bibcode: 2024EJTax.956....1K. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2657/12287.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14885325 entry
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